Bern (77k) and Vaud (68k) would not have made it into the GDP A-list if it weren’t for their large populations. On a per capita GDP basis Bern ranked 8th and Vaud 13th.

Last year, a study by the University of Lausanne listed the six Swiss regions of Zurich (3rd), Ticino (4th), Basel (5th), the region around Zug (6th), Bern-Solothurn (7th) and Suisse romande (8th), Switzerland French-speaking region in Europe’s top 10. The only regions ranked higher were Luxembourg (2nd) and the City of London (1st).